Finno-Ugrian

Finno-Ugrian
noun
a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions)
• Syn: ↑Finno-Ugric
• Hypernyms: ↑Uralic, ↑Uralic language
• Hyponyms: ↑Fennic, ↑Finnic, ↑Non-Ugric, ↑Ugric, ↑Ugrian

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I. \\|fi(ˌ)nō+\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized F&U
Etymology: Finno- (from Finnish (I) + -o-) + Ugrian
1. : of or relating to the Finno-Ugrians
II. noun
Usage: capitalized F&U
1. : a member of any of various peoples of north and east Europe and western Siberia speaking related languages and historically antecedent to the Slavic expansion in those regions, including the ancestors and present members of the Finnish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ostyak and Vogul peoples, the Lapps, Estonians, and others

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/fin'oh ooh"gree euhn, -yooh"-/, adj.
1. pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
2. Finno-Ugric.
n.
3. Finno-Ugric.
[1875-80]

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Finno-Ugrian /finˈō-ūˈgri-ən or -ooˈgri-ən/ or Finno-Ugric /-grik/ adjective
Belonging to the NW group of Ural-Altaic languages and peoples, including Finnish, Estonian, Lapp, Cheremiss, Mordvin, Zyrian, Votyak, etc (also Uˈgro-Finnˈic)
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Main Entry: ↑Finn

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